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Ginger Pear Parfait

This ginger pear parfait recipe is actually a throwback to my boarding school days and a dessert I remember being served. It was always so popular, and so easy to make. So I thought I would recreate it (a little flashier) as at boarding school it was served in plastic cups. But it remains delicious and easy.

How to make ginger pear parfait with gingernuts!

I make this ginger pear parfait is made with gingernut biscuits. Which I think perhaps in the northern hemisphere are called ginger snaps? I am not totally sure about that. In NZ we have two main brands of gingernut biscuits, and I must say that for me it needs to be a Griffin’s ginger nut all the way! Haha , no don’t worry the recipe will work well with any hard/crunchy style ginger biscuit.

To make a ginger pear parfait with gingernuts you only really need two other ingredients, greek yoghurt, and tinned or poached pears. You can add a few extra things to the top to make it perhaps more festive, but they are not necessary.

Essentially what will happen is once layered and refrigerated you will end up with gooey softened gingernut cookies that kind of melt into the yoghurt. So you end up with tangy, ginger yoghurt with the sweet pears which is just a delicious combination.